Episode Summary

Fry, Leela, and Bender go to "Past-O-rama", While there, Fry runs over Flexo, a robot that looks exactly like Bender, except for his goatee. When a expensive jewel goes missing, Fry suspects it is Flexo who stole it.

Bender's TWIN!

A very funny episode, with Bender having a near clone, who has only one difference from Bender: a goatee. Fry gets to visit OLD New York with Bender and Leela.

Fry is excited by the chance to go back to Old New York, and experience the good old days with Fry and Leela. He goes there, and is disappointed, and when he steals a car, he accidentally runs over a robot. Fry, Bender, and Leela take the robot back to the Planet Express building. The robot, Flexo, looks just like Bender except for a goatee. When Bender and Flexo become friends, Fry gets jealous.moreless

one of the funniest episodes

Flexo is hillarious While at 'PastORama' a theme park designed to be like the 20th Century, Fry runs over another bending robot 'Flexo'.

Bender and Flexo get along really well but Fry feels like a third wheel and does not trust Flexo.

When Flexo is invited along on the next mission, a mission transporting the crown to the Miss Universe Pageant Fry is very suspicious and suspects that Flexo will want to steal it. Fry watches over Flexo during Flexo's shift to safeguard the tiara, but falls asleep on his own watch and when wakes up he discovers that it has been stolen and Flexo missing.The crew hunt down Flexo only to discover that it was their own lovable Bender that had stolen the tiaramoreless

Bender has a twin?

Fry, Leela, and Bender go to an amusement park called Pastorama. While they are in the park, Fry tries to drive a car from his time and accidentally hits a robot. We learn that the robot is Bender's twin named Flexo. Flexo looks just like Bender except that he has a goatee. Bender asks Flexo to come back to the office. The Professor has another delivery assignment for the crew. They must deliver a valuable gem to the Miss Universe pageant. Bender convinces Professor Farnsworth to hire Flexo to help guard the valuable gem. Fry is extremely suspicious of Flexo and....moreless

Lesser of two evils.

A really really really seiously underrated episode. It epitomises everything that's great about the show and the classic second series. Absolutely full of hilarious jokes, barely a line said in the whole thing that's not funny. Flexo is a great character with great jokes ("Yeah, 8 hours of solid boredom! Hahahahahah! No, I'm just kidding you're a wonderful man." and the brilliantly delivered "So? I look at lotsa atoms.") Other highlights include the Professor showing everyone the atom in the bath and the Bender/Flexo mislead. Bit of a subdued ending though. I just give it a plain out A+ for its greatness.moreless

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TRIVIA (12)

The shot of Fry squinting his eyes has become a popular meme on the internet. The meme is known as "Not Sure If". An example includes captions reading, "Not sure if slow internet or pixelated image." The first suggestion (take "slow internet") is at the top, and then the second suggestion (take pixelated image") will be at the bottom. Normally written in white. This makes it look as if Fry is not sure about something.

The 'chlorine' gas that Flexo sprayed on Fry was not chlorine. First and foremost, chlorine gas has a greenish tint, and was later portrayed as such in the episode Crimes of the Hot. Secondly, chlorine is exceptionally poisonous in humans, so much so that a trace amount is lethal.

Leela: It figures. Who else but Zapp Brannigan would be judging the most chauvinistic, degrading, dehumanising-Zapp: Huh? Leela?Leela: Wait, you're making a- Ooh! Look at that. I feel like a princess!Zapp: Wait. What are you people? Idiots? I'm still going mano a mano with this envelope. And the winner is: Miss Vega 4. There it is, Miss Universe. There it is, looking weird.Leela: I almost had that tiara.Bender: Me too.

Fry: I'm so confused. The Bender I liked turn out to be evil and the Bender I hated was good. How can I live my life when I can't tell good from evil?Bender: Eh, they're both fine choices. Whatever floats your boat.

Leela: I'm sorry we suspected you, Flexo. It's just, what with the beard and all-Flexo: Don't even bother. You people sicken me. I put my life on the line to guard that atom and this is how you repay me? Well you can go rot for all I care. Nah, I'm just kidding, you guys are alright.

Fry: Well, uh, we'll be leaving now. If you'll just sign this form saying you received the atom.Barker: I'm not signing squat. You find me that damn tiara before the pageant ends.Leela: But, Mr. Barker-Barker: Enough out of you. I may be against the fur industry, but that won't stop me from skinning you alive! As long as no one wears the skin.

Barker: So you lost the atom, huh? You're garbage, human garbage! Do you brain-dead space jockeys have any idea how much that thing is worth?Fry: 100,000?Leela: 200,000?Bender: 200,001?Barker (to Leela): You're closest without going over.

Leela: He must have jumped ship with the atom the second we landed.Fry: Or maybe, he never left at all! Wait a minute. You're Bender.Bender: Of course, who said I wasn't?Fry: But why were you wearing that scarf and the turtleneck and this fruity number?Bender: It's a little thing called "style". Look it up sometime.

Fry: Look, I know Flexo's your friend but I don't trust him alone with the atom.Bender: My God, Fry! Just 'cause the guy's got a beard you label him as evil? Well I got a label for you, pal: An ugly little word called "prejudice".Fry: I'm not prejudiced.Bender: Ah, save it for the cross-burning, Adolf!

Leela: Space bandidos have been operating in this quadrant so you'll each take 8-hour shifts guarding the safe. First Bender, then Flexo, then Fry.Fry: Wait, hold on. I don't like the sound of that. Let's just go alphabetically.Leela: OK. First Bender, then Flexo, then Fry.Fry: Wait, let's go by rank.Leela: OK. First Bender, then Flexo, then Fry.Fry: Flexo outranks me?Flexo: That's "Flexo outranks me, sir"!

Farnsworth: Due to the atoms tremendous value, Planet Express would go bankrupt if it was stolen. Therefore we'll need to hire on additional security for the mission.Flexo: Oh, oh, oh, oh! Mr. Professor, right here!Fry: Uh, maybe we should stick with people we know and trust. I mean, Flexo's great, but-Farnsworth: "Flexo's great," you say? Well that's good enough for me. Welcome aboard, lad.

Amy: Wow! When I was a little girl on Mars I dreamed of being Miss Universe.Leela: That's kinda pathetic.Amy: Aw, come on, Leela. Deep down all girls wanna be Miss Universe.Leela: Not me.Amy: Really? Maybe it's just cute girls.

Zoidberg: So what is it, already?Farnsworth: It's a single atom of jumbonium, an element so rare the nucleus alone is worth more than $50,000.Bender: How much more?Farnsworth: 100,000. That's why I hid it here, under my mattress.

Hermes: Take a rage dump, man. He's no worse than Bender.Fry: He's much worse. He drinks and smokes and he posts naked pictures of me on the Internet.Amy: That's Bender, alright.Fry: I'm talking about Flexo.

Fry: I don't like this place. It's 120 degrees and there's very little oxygen.Bender: Shut up and hoot. Hubba-hubba, she is built - in Mexico, I believe.Flexo: And that ain't silicon, it's tungsten. And plenty of it!Fry: Uh, yeah. Look at that exhaust fan.Flexo: Ew!Bender: Pervert.

Fry: Well just let me know if there's anything I can do to make it up to you.Flexo: Actually, your little stunt did a number on my back. You mind rubbin' it for me?Fry: Uh... sure.Flexo: Aw, yeah, that's it. Little lower.Fry: How's that?Flexo: Lower. Yeah that's gettin' it. A little lower though.Fry: Uh, I can't get any lower than this.Flexo: I'll say, you're rubbing my ass!

Fry: So, uh, Flexo. Sorry about crushing your body like that. You OK now? Flexo: Well I don't feel as bad as you look! Nah, I'm just messing with you, kid. You're alright. That's some face you got, though. I think they got a cream for that. Nah, you're great.

Farnsworth: Leela, Zoidberg, the rest of you, this is Flexo.Hermes: Sweet llamas of the Bahamas! Except for that stylish beard, he looks just like Bender!Flexo: No duh, dreadlock, we're both bending units.

Fry: Hey, my girlfriend had one of those. Actually it wasn't hers, it was her dad's. Actually she wasn't my girlfriend, she just lived next door and never closed her curtains.Leela: Fry, remember when I told you about always ending your stories a sentence earlier?

Bender: I gotta say I'm really enjoying the day out with you people. Hey, a suicide booth! So long, suckers.Fry: Uh, sorry, Bender, that's just a phone booth.Bender: Oh.Leela: What were they used for?Fry: In New York? Bathrooms.

Tour Guide: I direct your attention to this ancient and mysterious tablet which has yet to be deciphered. He points to a parking signLeela: Do you know what it means?Fry: Yeah, I asked a cop once. It means "Up yours, kid".

Bender: C'mon, Fry, I really wanna see it. You know how I yearn for a simpler time. A time of barn dances and buggy rides, before life was cheapened by heartless hi-tech machines.Leela: But, Bender, you are-Bender: Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...

Centipede Man: C'mon, man, I didn't fire off no laser. Smitty: Then why is there a smoking hole in your ceiling, sir?Centipede Man: What? Crazy upstairs lady must've been shooting down. URL: Sir, you're on the top floor of this particular domicile.

Alien code: During the Miss Universe ceremony, one of the girls is wearing a sash with Alien Code #1 on it. It reads: "Way To Go, "Dexter"!" Later in the credits you see a Character Layout Designer whose name is "Dexter Reed." Apparently he is the one responsible for designing most of the women in the scene. Additionally, Hermes' original name was going to be "Dexter".

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After the atom goes missing, the crew immediately blame Flexo, thinking he is the 'evil twin', however it turns out that Bender is in fact the evil one. This is similar to The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror VII", in which Bart's supposedly 'evil' twin, Hugo, turns out to be the good one of the two, and Bart is the in fact the evil twin.

PastoramaThis is a reference to the actual show Futurama though saying that the present is the past.Additional information: Not only is this a reference to Futurama the TV show, but it is also paying homage to the Futurama exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair in New York.

Bob Barker is the host of The Price is Right where contestants guess the prices of things and the person who guesses closest without going over the actual price wins. Bob says this line after he asks Fry, Leela and Bender how much they think the tiara was worth, and they each make a guess.

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